![]() During the transfer I collect some science form around Kerbin and transmit it back to KSC.Īfter circularising the orbit around the Mun at 400km I change the inclination to 130 degrees to meet the contract requirements. ![]() The trajectory is slightly different to the usual as I’m less concerned about saving fuel than making sure the solar panels are illuminated when I circularise at the Mun. Launching into a 160km orbit is done via a very small launch vehicle and once into orbit the Tesla I detaches from the orbital stage of the rocket, unpacks all its solar panels and sets off on the transfer burn to the Mun. ![]() It’s also covered in solar panels to feed the power hungry ion engine. It’s on board experiments are a Plasma Radio Wave Scanner and a Magnetomter. These are based around the new ion engines which are powered of Xenon and Electric Charge and give even this initial satellite a delta-v of over 7000m/s. The Tesla I is the first in a new generation of fully electric ultra long range satellites. I’ve now got 414 science so I pick up the Advanced Aerodynamics technology. I don’t seem to be getting any of the missions that pay silly money yet and my reputation gains are suffering horribly with the total 90% loss. It’s a simple case of launching, landing in the sea and then disabling the engine, changing the staging and firing it again.Īfter this mission I decide to drop the 40% Fundraising Campaign strategy as I don’t really think it’s paying off. They asked for the Moa engine from the Space-Y to be tested splashed down at kerbin for a few funds and 210 science. This big test will come Sunday during a fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.This post started life when I decided to do three fairly simple missions to move things along a bit without too much fuss or ado – hence combining three into one post. ![]() The spacecraft's heat shield must demonstrate its ability to survive reentry at a velocity of 39,400 kph. Orion has met most of its main objectives to date, with only the entry, descent, and splashdown part of its mission ahead of it. The goal is to validate the spacecraft's capabilities ahead of a human flight of the vehicle in about two years' time, the Artemis II mission. Although a boilerplate version of Orion made a flight in 2014, it did so without a service module.Īs part of this Artemis I mission, NASA is now three weeks into a 25.5-day test flight of the Orion spacecraft. This completes a big test of the spacecraft and its propulsive service module, which was built by the European Space Agency. After successfully completing the maneuver, NASA's mission management team gave the "go" to send recovery teams out into the Pacific Ocean, where Orion is due to splashdown on Sunday, during the middle of the day.īy getting into an orbit around the Moon, and back out of it again during its deep space mission, Orion has now completed four main propulsive burns. In making this "powered flyby burn" to move away from the Moon, Orion's service module performed its longest main engine firing to date, lasting 3 minutes and 27 seconds. The Orion spacecraft swung by the Moon on Monday, flying to within 130 km of that world's surface as it set course for a return to Earth this weekend.
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